Part of the acclaimed Eminent Lives series,
Freud is a concise and seductive biography of the father of psychiatry. Dr. Peter D. Kramer, the author of
Listening to Prozac and
Against Depression offers a critical and sympathetic portrait, recognizing what is archaic in Freud's work and also what endures, interpreting him as not only a pioneer, but as a writer whose work will survive among the classics of literature.